B.C. woman who helped refugees in Greece urges Canada to do more

That, from a BC woman who recently returned from the Greek Island of Lesvos where she was helping refugees.

Melie DeChamplain says Canada can – and should – do more to aid in the largest humanitarian crisis in recent memory.

The Cowichan Valley nurse spent two weeks volunteering with the Lighthouse Relief Organization in Lesvos, providing medical support to Syrian refugees arriving on boat from Turkey.

SEE: Life inside a Greek refugee camp on the isle of Lesvos

She says Canada needs to help find a solution to stop the dangerous sea crossings.

“I would be hoping that Canada would take a lead in looking for those type of solutions. It’s a very dangerous journey that people have to do and I’m sure we can do better as a community.”

DeChamplain says there’s also a big problem with smugglers selling phony life jackets to desperate Syrians headed for the Greek island.

“This is quite troubling to know that refugees are obliged to pay alot of money to buy life jackets from the smugglers but the life jackets they don’t work they don’t float. They are made with wraps you put around the computer. Some of them, they actually fill with water and actually sink them instead of helping them to survive.”

DeChamplain says most refugees arrive on the island soaking wet and on the edge of hypothermia.

Listen: CKNW’s Shelby Thom speaks with Melie DeChamplain about being a medical volunteer on the Isle of Lesvos

You’re absolutely right, Dale. And by your way of thinking [sic], let’s lock up every Glen, David, and Cynthia who have ever committed a violent crime as they are most like white, Christian extremists. Or Hans, Heidi, and Gunther for their allegiance to a Aryan revival group. Of Saba, Ikura, and Toro who are most likely anti-whaling eco-terrorists. It is so easy to see that linking names of people to fringe elements of a larger group who are by and large peaceful, regular folk is the right thing to do. Simply genius – plus it saves the authorities so much time in unnecessary collection of objective, factual evidence.

You have a terminally weak liberal mind Dennie . . . moral equivalence is a stupid argument when dealing with the religion of mooohaned.
As I posted the other day . . . out of 452 recent “TERROR” attacks 450 of them were done by mooslims. Nothing to see there though eh Dennie.

Muslim holy men lying to cover for jihad slaughter. This is why mosques tied to Islamic terror must be monitored.
The California Imam in the San Bernardino jihad lied about Farook.
The Phoenix imam in the Garland, Texas shooting lied about the Texas jihadis.
The Boston imam lied about the Muslim Marathon bombers.
The Oklahoma imam lied about the devout Muslim attendee who beheaded co-worker Colleen Hufford.
And on and on an on.
Muslim clerics are following the ISIS handbook on deceiving the West to advance and impose Islam.
The would-be cop-murderer said that police “defend laws that are contrary to the teachings of the Koran.” Where did he learn that? At mosque and in the quran.
“Imam Lied About Philly Islamic State Shooter’s Connection to His Mosque,” by Jordan Schachtel, Breitbart, January 11, 2016:
– See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2016/01/imam-lied-about-philly-islamic-state-cop-shooters-ties-to-his-mosque.html/#sthash.fOdHj3LD.dpuf

Pamela Geller is a well-known Zionist who is in favour of Jewish settlers burning olive groves of Palestinian farmers, burning their homes to displace them, and has a long history of anti-Arab (both Christian and Muslim) diatribes. You really need to stay away from the political fringe when sharing their propaganda – the ‘facts’ that you cite are completely made up and lack any basis.

I would like our government to help people who where born & raised & worked hard & paid there share to the government so we wouldn’t be living in poverty in our retirement to care about us shame on all the government’s of Canada

Only partly true Dennis. There are many more countries, both physically and economically closer to Syria that need to step up their game before Canadians are asked to give more than their already generous contributions.

Well, we could start with perhaps the richest nation on the planet, which is only 200 km to the south of Syria. I could go on to name countless others if you would like. The 25 k pledged by Canada is PLENTY generous given the 5 month timeline.

In our current electoral ‘first past the post’ system, Dale, the current Prime Minister has a clear majority. You should be very concerned if the electoral system is changed to one that reflects the fact that right wing parties never actually gain over 42% of the popular vote, in which case they will never be in power again.

Nobody is suggesting he didn’t get a majority Dennie . . .
What is disturbing is an Electorate that would elect such a moron to run their country . . . people like YOU!
We are ALL Ontar-i-owe now Dennie . . . most bankrupt province or state per capita in North America, and run by the insane left for 12 years now.

I don’t recall telling you who I voted for in the last federal election, Dale. You seem to make a lot of assumptions based on very little in the way of knowledge. Why don’t you get your brilliant private school kid to help you out with putting together a logical argument based on evidence. That seems to be your greatest handicap.Talk about a moron.

I would bet money that 90% of more of the SFU faculty voted for the clueless Justin . . . Groupthink and leftist nonsense has made our Universities indoctrination centers today. Where critical thinking and opinions are deemed to be aggressive behaviour and you all go and stand in your “Safe Zones” . . .
No wonder there are so many PHDs flipping burgers . . .

By the way my brilliant offspring just signed a contract with a major player in Silicon Valley . . .

I would bet money that 90% of more of the SFU faculty voted for the clueless Justin . . . Groupthink and leftist nonsense has made our Universities indoctrination centers today. Where critical thinking and opinions are deemed to be aggressive behaviour and you all go and stand in your “Safe Zones” . . .
No wonder there are so many PHDs flipping burgers . . .

By the way my brilliant offspring just signed a contract with a major player in Silicon Valley . . .

I would bet money that 90% of more of the SFU faculty voted for the clueless Justin . . . Groupthink and leftist nonsense has made our Universities indoctrination centers today. Where critical thinking and opinions are deemed to be aggressive behaviour and you all go and stand in your “Safe Zones” . . .
No wonder there are so many PHDs flipping burgers . . .

By the way my brilliant offspring just signed a contract with a major player in Silicon Valley . . .

I would bet money that 90% of more of the SFU faculty voted for the clueless Justin . . . Groupthink and leftist nonsense has made our Universities indoctrination centers today. Where critical thinking and opinions are deemed to be aggressive behaviour and you all go and stand in your “Safe Zones” . . .
No wonder there are so many PHDs flipping burgers . . .

By the way my brilliant offspring just signed a contract with a major player in Silicon Valley . . .

I would bet money that 90% of more of the SFU faculty voted for the clueless Justin . . . Groupthink and leftist nonsense has made our Universities indoctrination centers today. Where critical thinking and opinions are deemed to be aggressive behaviour and you all go and stand in your “Safe Zones” . . .
No wonder there are so many PHDs flipping burgers . . .

By the way my brilliant offspring just signed a contract with a major player in Silicon Valley . . .

I would bet money that 90% of more of the SFU faculty voted for the clueless Justin . . . Groupthink and leftist nonsense has made our Universities indoctrination centers today. Where critical thinking and opinions are deemed to be aggressive behaviour and you all go and stand in your “Safe Zones” . . .
No wonder there are so many PHDs flipping burgers . . .

By the way my brilliant offspring just signed a contract with a major player in Silicon Valley . . .

Where above do you see me writing the term ‘landslide’ in the comments? Nowhere. You make things up consistently – you are a propaganda machine. I know for a fact, however, that you’re not a ‘digital influencer’ under hire by a political party since you are nowhere near convincing.

What should have been happening for the last two years is the solving of the issues that is creating this problem.
But the feckless US President and weak Euro leaders preferred to watch as instability and eventually ISIS was born.
Had the problem in Syria been addressed when Obama drew is “Red Line” things might well be different today.
Had ole Sec State Hillary not been determined to depose Khadafi Libya might be a lot quieter today.
Most of these folks would prefer to return to their homes . . . in a peaceful country.
Leftist insanity creates more insanity . . . .

The unrest in the Middle East is really not Canada’s business. Compassion is good and individuals or charities should be encouraged to help if they choose to. But how is it possibly the government of Canada’s responsibility to pick favourites to support half way around the world?
The Canadian government should stick to governing Canada. They’ll have there hands full with that.

Is this our childrens’ future . . .
Fundamentalist teachings have spread from Chechnya throughout central Russia. They’re propagated by Russian imams trained in the Middle East and are finding new audiences among the country’s native Muslims, as well as Central Asian migrants in Moscow. Even some younger and seemingly long-assimilated believers are becoming radicalized. Like their counterparts across Europe, they’re turning to Internet videos and social-media messages aimed at arousing anger at Western “crusaders.”
Today, an estimated 20 million Muslims (including 6.5 million migrants from Azerbaijan and Central Asia) live in Russia, up from 14.5 million in 2002. While the vast majority of these men and women are peaceful, a small but growing number follow the fundamentalist teachings of Salafism and Wahhabism, ultra-conservative movements within Sunni Islam. In many cases, these ideas are spread by Russian-born imams (numbering in the tens of thousands) who trained in the Middle East.
Read more at http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0116/russian_jihad.php3#VBiWBMUPmCqV3QOG.99

As the money dwindles so will the passion of idealism. As the jobs in Canada melt away and the standard of living is equalized with the rest of the world, then the real hypocrisy of these people that say we should do more will bubble to the surface. When you can’t get a family doctor, but a refugee can, when you can’t pay rent but your neighbors rent is paid, when the spot in your children’s post secondary institution of choice is unavailable because it was handed to a less qualified migrate, when you are excluded from the immigrant tax free sub economy and finally when our political system has been infiltrated, then these people who say we should do more will be in a position to say what about me….and then they will realize it is far to late to go back. Canada is the most accepting, tolerant and giving country in the world, we give beyond our means proportional to population; doing more is irrational, emotional and will lead to our own suffrage.